| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
555,000 | 55,000 |
|
|
500,000 | 60,000 |
|
|
340,000 | 64,000 |
|
|
220,000 | 5,000 |
|
|
212,000 | 60,600 |
|
|
210,000 | 10,000 |
|
|
200,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
175,000 | 67,000 |
We walked up to the turn of a board showing 
, and there was close to 40,000 in the pot already. David Peters was the aggressor, and he made a bet of 17,700. His opponent tanked and called, and Peters fired another 38,400 on the 
river. This time the call came instantly, but Peters had the goods. He showed up 
for the nuts, and that pot boosts him all the way up to about 215,000.
Action folded to the hijack and the player located there decided it was a good time to put in a raise to 4,500. Folds to David "ODB" Baker in the big blind and he reraised up to 14,000. The hijack came along for the ride and the pair watched the flop fall 
. Both players suspiciously checked as the hit the turn.
Baker took the initiative and bet 14,000, which caused the hijack to quickly fold. Baker shook his head in disappointment and it was obvious he had a big hand. Sure enough, he flashed the 
for a flopped set.
It's been a rough day for Arnaud Mattern. Down to about 22,000, the French pro three-bet shoved with 
. The initial raiser called with pocket fours, and the race was on. The flop came out ace-high with three hearts, and the pocket fours contained a heart. That would prove to be Mattern's undoing as a fourth heart appeared on the river to send him out the double doors with a frown.
There are 111 players remaining in The Big Event Main Event.
The table folded around to the blinds, and Joe Hachem moved all in for 43,200 from the small. The player in the big asked for a count, then called as he was able to get a better eyeball on the stack. Hachem was working with 
, and he asked the dealer for some spades as he saw his opponent table 
.
"Well, that's not spades," Hachem astutely noted as the dealer ran a suited 
flop. The turn 
opened the door for Hachem, however, and the river was a good card indeed. Runner-runner goes Hachem to make his straight, doubling up to 88,200.
"That's how you do it," Hachem concluded as he stacked up. "Shove it and see what happens."
Words to live by.
Joseph Cheong was all in for 18,400 with the 
and up against the 
for his opponent. The board ran out 
and Cheong doubled up.
We missed the action, but we just caught the tail end of the hand as Joseph Cheong was sending more than 60,000 of his chips over to an opponent. The board showed 
, and we found out that Cheong had flopped top set with pocket queens. His opponents' ran down a flush by the river though, leaving Cheong with just about 12,000 chips with which to mount a comeback.
After George Lind raised to 4,500 from middle position, big stack Chris DeMaci reraised from the small blind to 12,300. Lind folded and DeMaci won the pot.
On the next hand, DeMaci raised from the button to 4,500. The big blind three-bet to 14,500 and DeMaci folded.
Moral of the story? DeMaci picked up 3,800 over those two hands.
An under-the-gun player raised to 4,500 and received a call from the player on the button. Action was then on Jason Wheeler in the small blind and he three-bet to 14,700. The UTG player did not take kindly to the gesture and promptly four-bet to 25,000. Wheeler responded by moving all in and put the UTG, who had about 53,000 back, to the ultimate test. After a solid two minutes, the UTG player made the call:
UTG:
Wheeler: 
The board ran out clean for Wheeler when it came 
and he eliminated his foe. He is now up to 220,000.
